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27 Jul 2016
The City of London Law Society has published guidance on the use of electronic signatures to execute legal documents.
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21 Apr 2016
The UK government has confirmed it will be passing new legislation this year under which banks will commit a criminal offence if their employees or other people associated with them criminally facilitate the evasion of tax.
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01 Apr 2016
April 2016 edition.
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10 Feb 2016
“Bail-in clauses”: what are they and when might they need to be included in documentation?
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13 Aug 2015
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act) contains a power to nullify bans on assignment of contracts. Section 1(1) provides that either the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills or the Scottish Executive may issue...
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25 Jun 2015
Pinsent Masons Hong Kong Law Reports is produced by specialist international law firm Pinsent Masons.
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04 Jun 2015
A legal update on the Prudential Regulation Authority’s policy statement PS10/15 regarding the implementation of ring-fencing.
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23 Apr 2015
It is a fundamental principle of the relationship between guarantor, principal and creditor that a material variation of the primary obligation that potentially prejudices the guarantor will release the guarantee. Although steps may be taken to try to...
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15 Apr 2015
EU legislation will come into force on 17 June 2016 and 17 June 2017 preventing contractual restrictions on choice of auditor.
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14 Apr 2015
In recent times, the Judges of the UK Supreme Court have been much occupied with the task of explaining how difficult it is to interfere with decisions on fact by first instance judges.
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